All Stories from January 16, 2014 (Change date)
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FCC member studies Texas 911 dialing caseJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - DALLAS — A Texas grandfather’s initiative to allow hotel guests to dial 911 without having to press 9 first — spurred by his granddaughter’s inability to call for help w...
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SFC crash rescuer saw girl before she was run overJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Video from the helmet camera of a firefighter responding to the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows at least one rescuer wa...
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Ohio dad who shot daughter, 11, seeks funeral passJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati man charged with fatally shooting his 11-year-old daughter wants a judge to let him out of jail to attend her funeral. Deandre Kelley’s attorne...
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W.Va. spill shows vulnerability of water supplyJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s a nightmare scenario that became all too real in West Virginia: A chemical seeped into the water supply and threatened to sicken hundreds of tho...
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Senate easily passes $1.1 trillion spending billJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Barack Obama a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill Thursday, easing the harshest effects of last year’s automatic budget cut...
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Extreme heat brings Australian Open to a haltJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - MELBOURNE, Australia — The scorching weather finally brought play to a halt on the fourth day of the Australian Open when the temperature topped 109 degrees Fahrenheit, ...
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Ohio killer’s execution takes almost 25 minutesJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - LUCASVILLE, Ohio — A condemned man appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually long time to die — almost 25 minutes — in an execution carried out Thursday with ...
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India police close in on homeless men in gang rapeJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - NEW DELHI — Indian police said Thursday that they were closing in on six homeless men in the gang rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi, a case that highligh...
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Video sparks hope for captured soldier’s familyJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - BOISE, Idaho — The family of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured more than four years ago in Afghanistan, says a new video of the soldier believed to have bee...
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Official: Egyptian voters have backed new charterJan 16, 2014 7:54 am - CAIRO — An overwhelming majority of Egyptians who voted on the country’s new constitution have backed the draft charter, a senior Egyptian official said Thursday while a...